Thanet Times, Tuesday 7 July, 1964.

Lightning hits the "King of Denmark."

The "King of Denmark" public house, at Boundary Road, Ramsgate, was in the news a month ago, because of a thunderstorm which raged over the town on a Saturday afternoon. While the landlord's wife was placing some pies on the counter, a blue streak of lightning flashed across the bar.

It hit her in the arm, struck a television set and a stool was flung across the room, she said afterwards.

Licensee, Mr. Ronald V. Lawrence, and his wife, Zella, have been in the licensing trade for about 2-years, and the "King of Denmark" is there first house.

But about 30 years ago, Mr. Lawrence's uncle was mine host at the public house.

A local couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence at one time lived at Cliffsend and also at Vale Square. They have an 18-year old son, who is still at school.

Before taking over the "Denmark," Mr. Lawrence was a keen pigeon fancier, a hobby for which he no longer has time, and Mrs. Lawrence worked for 12 years at Minster.

"Some of my friends from these days still come to see me," she said the other day. "This life is quite a change and it is good one as long as you like people."

An old picture of the public house dating from 1926 hangs in the bar, and at present there is a flourishing darts team, with men's and women's section.